So it should come as no surprise that the fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants president didn’t give anyone enough time to come up with a policy, leaving officials scrambling, including those in the Pentagon who were reportedly taken off guard by the announcement. Top military brass were reportedly blindsided after Trump’s first tweet about the change to policy, thinking he was announcing an attack on North Korea.

“In the meantime, we will continue to treat all of our personnel with respect. As importantly, given the current fight and the challenges we face, we will all remain focused on accomplishing our assigned missions,” he added.

“I know there are questions about yesterday’s announcement on the transgender policy by the President,” is how Dunford opened his letter to staff, acknowledging the confusion the president created by his actions.

Meanwhile, he has the audacity to claim that transgender people are the “distraction.” He also cited cost, despite the fact that the cost of providing transgender service members is laughably small compared to what we spend in total on the world’s largest, and most bloated military industrial complex. The military spends five times the amount of money on Viagra for soldiers than it would for transition-related treatment for transgender servicemembers.